Overview

• The companies plan to integrate AMD CPUs, GPUs and FPGAs with IBM quantum systems to run hybrid quantum‑classical workflows.
• IBM positions the effort as supporting its roadmap to fault-tolerant quantum machines by the end of the decade, with AMD hardware aimed at enabling real-time error correction.
• The partners say they will develop scalable, open-source platforms and leverage ecosystems such as Qiskit to accelerate new algorithm development.
• IBM cites prior steps toward quantum‑classical links, including work to connect IBM Quantum System Two directly with RIKEN’s Fugaku supercomputer.
• Shares moved higher on the announcement, with IBM up about 1.4% and AMD up about 1.6% in early trading, according to Investopedia.